With a change in Alberta’s time-shifting practices comes a change in puck-drop times. Specifically, Edmonton Oilers game start times on certain days, particularly Saturdays, when the National Hockey League schedules back-to-back, and sometimes even back-to-back-to-back, games. Because jurisdictions in the more heavily populated eastern part of the continent turned their clocks back an hour last Sunday, some Oilers games will start later in Edmonton. Seven games, to be exact. The later 9 p.m. start time will affect two games at Rogers Place this season, beginning Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks. The second comes in March against the Chicago Blackhawks. The other five will be road games against Pacific time-zone teams in the United States. Five of the seven games are scheduled for Saturdays. There’s no word yet on whether NHL playoff games could also begin at 9 p.m. Dressing for the 9s
